BlockToledo, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Sumpter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62468. The Survey maps it on the Toledo quadrangle. 1,161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
On record in Toledo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Cumberland County Courthouselisted 1981
Thornton Ward Estatelisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresToledo fell from 1,238 to 1,161 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,238 | |
| 2020 | 1,161 | -77 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1933 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Effingham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Toledo: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Chapel Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cumberland City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Toledo City Pit | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toledo in 29 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | 1 hurt | A tree was blown down onto a car resulting in an injury to one person. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Toledo | $40,000 | Multiple roads closed due to high water flowing over them, including IL Route 121 near Greenup. Two mudslides occurred north of Greenup. A vehicle was found submerged at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds. At least 2 bridges and multiple roads suffered damage from the flooding in Greenup. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $30,000 | A downburst caused minor wind damage on the southwest side of Toledo. A wood fence and travel trailer were blown over. In addition, several small limbs were blown down and 3 houses lost shingles. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $25,000 | Several large tree branches were blown down in Toledo. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $8,000 | A few trees were blown down in Toledo. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $8,000 | A large tree was blown down onto a house. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $7,000 | A power pole was snapped. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | $7,000 | A power pole was snapped. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | A fence and several tree limbs were blown down. A couple mature pine trees were snapped in half. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | A powerline was blown down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Several large tree branches were blown down. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Several tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | A large tree was blown over on East Jackson Street. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Toledo | - | Heavy rain of 2.00 to 4.00 inches within two to three hours produced significant flash flooding of most roads across Cumberland County. Many rural roads were closed to traffic due to high water. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | A large tree and tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | A large tree was blown down across Illinois Route 121 west of Toledo. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Several large trees were blown down as well as power lines and tree limbs. Also, northeast of Greenup a barn was destroyed. No injuries were reported. |
| February 2001 | Flash Flood | Toledo | - | Flash flooding was reported in Toledo, as well as throughout much of the county after 1 to 3 inches of rain fell on frozen ground during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Portions of State Route 45 were reported underwater in and around the Toledo area. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Another Ham radio tower was blown down in Toledo. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toledo | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of trees in Toledo. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Hail | Toledo | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Toledo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1025974 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419759. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.